21 July 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Ethiopia
Oromo region: According to survivors, about 400 civilians were killed by fighters of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in Tole Kebele on 18 June 2022
Ethiopia: Authorities must investigate massacre of ethnic Amhara in Tole (Appeal or News Release, English)
21 July 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Yemen
Journalist arbitrarily detained by Houthi de facto authorities since August 2021; he is accused of "communicating with foreign entities"
Release arbitrarily detained journalist; First UA: 69/22 [MDE 31/5879/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)
21 July 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Yemen
Journalist arbitrarily detained by Houthi de facto authorities since August 2021; he is accused of "communicating with foreign entities"
Willkürlich inhaftierten Journalisten freilassen!; UA-Nr: UA-069/2022 [MDE 31/5879/2022] (Appeal or News Release, German)
20 July 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Myanmar
Karen State: Large-scale deployment of landmines by the military of Myanmar
Myanmar: Military’s use of banned landmines in Kayah State amounts to war crimes (Appeal or News Release, English)
20 July 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Sri Lanka
Ranil Wickremesinghe elected new president by parliament; emergency powers given to police and security forces to conduct searches and arrests without due process safeguards
Sri Lanka: Emergency regulations must not lead to further crackdown on human rights (Appeal or News Release, English)
20 July 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Syrian Arab Republic
Due to veto by the Russian Federation, the UN resolution of the cross-border delivery of humanitarian aid to northwestern Syria has now only been extended by 6 months, instead of a full year
Syria/UN: UN General Assembly must take responsibility for ensuring aid continues to reach civilians in need (Appeal or News Release, English)
20 July 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
China
Article on an ethnic Uighur women accused of extremism and detained in a re-education through labour camp
"Nie im Leben wollte ich wegen China krank werden" (Special or Analytical Report, German)
19 July 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Israel, State of Palestine
West Bank: More than 1,000 residents from Masafer Yatta at risk of being forcefully evicted by Israeli security forces; Israeli Negev desert: Al-'Araqib, a village of a Palestinian Bedouin community, demolished by Israeli authorities
Israel/OPT: Immediately halt forced eviction of more than 1,000 West Bank residents and stop demolitions of Bedouin homes in the Negev/Naqab (Appeal or News Release, English)
19 July 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), GfbV – Gesellschaft für Bedrohte Völker (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Front Line Defenders (Author), Acat Belgium et al. (Author)
China, Morocco
Joint NGO letter calling on Moroccan authorities to prevent the extradition of an Uighur activist to Chinese authorities
Joint Letter; Uyghur activist Yidiresi Aishan at risk of extradition after one year of detention in Morocco [MDE 29/5881/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)
15 July 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Russian Federation
Feminist activist and artist acquitted of charges of disseminating pornography
Russia: Feminist activist acquitted of absurd ‘pornography’ charges (Appeal or News Release, English)